Wyoming Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in Wyoming
No Wyoming statute expressly addresses local rent control — the legislature has neither authorized nor prohibited city or county regulation of rent amounts. A 2023 bill that would have barred cities, towns and counties from regulating the leasing of residential rental property died in committee.
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Wyoming landlord-tenant laws by topic
Wyoming security deposits
Wyoming puts no cap on security deposits, and the landlord must return the balance with a written, reasoned itemization of any deductions within 30 days after the tenancy ends or within 15 days after receiving the tenant's new mailing address, whichever is later — and if the unit was damaged, the deadline stretches by another 30 days.
Wyoming rent increase notice
Wyoming has no statute requiring any advance notice of a rent increase — and unlike most no-notice states, it has no statutory month-to-month termination notice to derive a working rule from either.
Wyoming late fees
Wyoming sets no cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period — no statute anywhere in Wyoming law addresses late charges on residential rent, so a late fee exists only if the rental agreement creates it, bounded by ordinary contract law rather than any statutory test.
Wyoming entry notice
Wyoming has no statute requiring landlords to give advance notice before entering a rental unit — no 24-hour rule, no 'reasonable notice' standard, no emergency exception, and no time-of-day window exists anywhere in Wyoming law.
Wyoming eviction process
To evict a tenant in Wyoming, serve one written notice to quit - a demand that the tenant leave the premises, served at least three days before suit under W.S. 1-21-1003 - then file a forcible entry and detainer action in the circuit court, which has exclusive jurisdiction.
Wyoming application & screening fees
Wyoming does not regulate rental application or tenant-screening fees at all: no cap, no tie to what a report costs, no receipt, no refund, nothing that must be told an applicant before money changes hands, no state denial-notice duty, no reusable-report law, no rule on money taken to hold a home, and no rental fee-advertising law.
Wyoming deposit interest
Wyoming expressly denies tenants interest on security deposits: the statute directs that the balance of a deposit "shall be delivered or mailed without interest" to the renter when the tenancy ends.
Wyoming habitability & repairs
Wyoming requires an owner and the owner's agent to maintain a residential rental unit in a safe and sanitary condition fit for human habitation, and requires every unit to have operational electrical, heating and plumbing with hot and cold running water, common areas kept sanitary and reasonably safe, and any appliances the rental agreement promised.
Wyoming lease termination
No Wyoming statute sets a notice period for ending a periodic tenancy, in either direction.
Wyoming lease disclosures
Wyoming asks a landlord for one sentence and nothing else: every rental agreement must say whether any part of a deposit is nonrefundable, and the same fact must be given to the renter in writing when the deposit is taken.
Wyoming pets & assistance animals
Wyoming does not cap any deposit, so there is no limit on a pet deposit and no figure to look up.
Wyoming mobile home park laws
Wyoming has no manufactured home community tenancy act, and it is the one state whose general residential statute expressly leaves the lot out.
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How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text in the Wyoming Legislative Service Office's compiled title files (wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdf, title34.pdf, title15.pdf, title40.pdf) on October 1, 2026. The files were compiled on May 8, 2026 and include the 2026 Budget Session. Title 1 ch. 21 art. 12 (W.S. 1-21-1201 through 1-21-1211) and art. 10 (1-21-1001 through 1-21-1017) read in full, plus W.S. 34-2-126 through 34-2-132; Articles 10 and 12 read the same in the Legislature's online statute view. Deposit figures were also read in the Wyoming Judicial Branch's TENANT-03 instructions (wyocourts.gov, rev. September 2024), which reprint W.S. 1-21-1208. Negatives (no deposit cap, no interest or separate-account rule beyond the express 'without interest' clause, no rent-increase or periodic-termination notice statute, no late-fee cap or grace period, no entry-notice statute, no rent-control or preemption provision) rest on full-article reads plus keyword searches of every title: zero occurrences of 'month-to-month', 'late fee', 'late charge' or 'grace period' in Titles 1, 15 and 34. Session check on the Legislative Service Office's bill records: all 278 enrolled acts of the 2025 General Session (171) and the 2026 Budget Session (107) were read for amendments to these sections; none amends W.S. 1-21-1001 through 1-21-1017, 1-21-1201 through 1-21-1211 or 34-2-126 through 34-2-132, and 2025 Senate File 6 (ch. 41) added W.S. 1-21-1401 through 1-21-1403. Dead bills: 2025 HB0213 (owner utility duties) and 2026 HB0183 (renter tax relief), both not considered for introduction. The next regular session is January 2027.